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What mathematics learners say about the new South African curriculum reform.
(2005)
In this article we report on what Grade 8 learners say about the new curriculum reforms in
South Africa – Outcomes-based Education (OBE) and Curriculum 2005 (C2005) – that
were introduced into their mathematics classrooms. ...
‘They call us Makwerekweres’ : foreign learners speak out against xenophobia.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2013)
While a number of studies on xenophobia have been conducted in South Africa, very little has been done to establish the effects of xenophobia on foreigners in schools. To help remedy the dearth of studies in this area, ...
A quantitative understanding of gender differentiated delinquent trends among school going adolescents in Chatsworth, Durban.
(CRIMSA, 2015)
According to the World Health Organisation countries in transition have witnessed a dramatic rise in delinquency rates. Given that juvenile offending is a pervasive social problem and many theories about its aetiology have ...
Psychosocial influences on substance abuse in a sample of South African youth: a qualitative analysis.
(2012)
This study investigated the lived experience of substance abusers in the South African context. Participants were 10
individuals attending a drug treatment centre in Durban, South Africa. Data were collected using open-ended ...
Exploring the public parameter of police integrity.
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013)
This paper explores the contribution of the public component of Klockars’ and Kutnjak-Ivkovic’s (2004) organizational
theory of police integrity to the understanding of police integrity.
Design/methodology/approach: The ...
India and its diaspora: making sense of Hindu identity in South Africa.
(Taylor & Francis., 2014)
Indian immigrants to South Africa in the late nineteenth century differed in terms of their
origins, motivations, belief systems, customs, and practices from the indigenous African
population as well as from the ruling ...
Interrogating maritime security : a discourse from below.
(Serials Publications, 2015)
The expanding volume of sea trade between South Africa and other parts of the global world
places pressure on increased maritime security particularly because maritime security affects
both communities living close to ...
Interrogating inclusionary and exclusionary practices : learners of war and flight.
(Perspectives in Education, 2005)
There has been a significant increase in the number of undocumented people entering South
Africa. A number of them include refugees. Many refugees are destitute and often denied basic
needs such as health and education. ...
Exploring alternative assessment strategies in science classrooms.
(ESASA, 2010)
The knowledge children bring to the classroom or construct in the classroom
may find expression in a variety of activities and is often not measurable with
the traditional assessment instruments used in science classrooms. ...
Gatekeeping: an obstacle to criminological research with Indian youth drug users in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal.
(CRIMSA, 2015-03-10)
Every research study has a story and this article tells the story of the researchers’ challenges in accessing participants for a study. Thus this article draws on the researchers’ experiences with gatekeeping dilemmas while ...